Pacific

22
May
REPICORE Feedback Expedition to the Pacific | #2
Travel / 0 Comment / 22. May 2018

After we landed back in Suva we made our way down to the Coral Coast to spend the weekend in one of the hotels there. While Amanda, Janne and I packed all the gear into […]


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9
Apr
REPICORE Feedback Expedition to the Pacific | #1
Travel / 2 Comments / 9. April 2018

The last months have been quite busy – after coming back from French Polynesia, I was working throughout December and January and then embarked on a five-week Pacific Expedition at the beginning of February. I joined […]


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5
Apr
Fiji Shark Diving 2018
Sharks / 0 Comment / 5. April 2018

During our last expedition to the Pacific in February/March I got the chance to pay the team of Beqa Adventure Divers a few visits and join their shark diving. I had great memories from the […]


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21
Jun
Shark Research Project IV – Analysis and Lab work
Science / 1 Comment / 21. June 2016

I am back in my everyday routine in Germany: I wake up, have my morning coffee(s) and then head to the ZMT, where I spend the day in the laboratory. By now, I have finished all […]


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25
May
Shark Nursery Project, Fiji – Update III – Preliminary results
Science / 5 Comments / 25. May 2016

A little more than three weeks ago I came back to my home country Germany after spending almost seven months on the Fiji-Islands, where I conducted my master thesis fieldwork concentrated in a potential shark nursery […]


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28
Nov
Global Climate March 2015 in Fiji – Adressing Climate Change all around the world
Environment / 0 Comment / 28. November 2015

This morning I joined the Global Climate March here in Suva, the capital of Fiji. With the biggest UN Climate conference of this decade, the 2015 Pairs Climate Confrerence (COP21) starting the 30th November and lasting […]


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17
Mar
Why we should stop killing sharks and start protecting them!
Marine Ecology / 0 Comment / 17. March 2015

Sharks have been around for a very long time. They´ve been roaming our oceans for over 400 Million years – an incredible time span and way ahead the first appearance of dinosaurs 230 million years ago. Over time they have evolved to perfectly adapted predators in a very diverse group: the Whale shark may reach up to 16m whereas the dwarflantern shark only reaches about 20cm.


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